Key Points of cabling planning-several issues that must be considered before design begins

In the planning and design of data center construction, a holistic understanding of data center construction is required. The association and role between the data center and the building must be considered earlier and comprehensively. Comprehensively consider and solve problems related to coordination of construction, electrical, mechanical and electrical, communication, and security in site planning and layout.

When creating and expanding a data center, coordination and design are required for building planning, electrical planning, telecommunication cabling, equipment plane layout, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, environmental safety, fire-fighting measures, and lighting. We recommend that you consider the following issues when planning the data center cabling system:

1) in combination with civil engineering construction, consider the preliminary planning of functional areas in the data center space, and create a floor plan for the building, including the location and area of the cabling room, Main Wiring area, horizontal wiring area, and equipment wiring area. the topological structure of the cabling system of the IDC room is determined based on the layout of each wiring area in the data center;

2) consider the path of the telecom cable path and the horizontal wiring system of the Weak Current System in the data center, and pay attention to cold channels and hot channels;

3) based on the network structure and the port and speed requirements of the equipment, and the length of the cable path, consider the product selection of the cabling system, such as optical cable, copper cable, OM3, and OM4, CAT 6 or CAT 6A;

4) Redundant cable backup

5) Fire protection requirements for optical cables, including non-smoke, halogen-free, OFNP, CMP, and CMR;